Sport Irony
99 real-life examples of sport irony, submitted by readers and voted on by the community. Think you've spotted irony in the world of sport? Submit your own example.
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Is it ironic that When a football team wins, that this also helps out their rivals?
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Is it ironic that I am the only one in the family who loves sports?
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Is it ironic that The Cubs played the Boston Red Sox in the World Series with Theo Epstein as their GM.
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Is it ironic that I broke my finger, and in my return to basketball, someone broke their finger when it wacked into my arm?
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Is it ironic that College football's Holy War (the rivalry between BYU and Utah) will be played in Las Vegas aka Sin City?
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Is it ironic that YNWA-A Liverpudlian acronym for "You'll Never Walk Alone" which makes fans sleep easier at night knowing that they're all in this together-is an anagram for YAWN.
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Is it ironic that I once beat a WWF wrestler..in...
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Is it ironic that I got knocked unconscious at soccer training and then on the news it talks about brain injuries from sports and I was just thinking about it?
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Is it ironic that The winter Olympics are being held in Russia and there's bad snow?
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Is it ironic that A quarterback tries to throw a last-minute touchdown pass, but it's intercepted...
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Is it ironic that Alexis gets a spinal injure (and don't know that we will not walk again) during a charity rugby match to spinal injured players.
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Is it ironic that I was afraid of water when I was younger, but now I am a swimmer.
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Is it ironic that American football is played with your hands?
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Is it ironic that My Gym teacher is Morbidly Obese.
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Is it ironic that I was bowling a perfect game up to the eighth frame on my birthday.
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Is it ironic that My friend made fun of me because I didn't win sports day but neither did he! is this ironic.
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Is it ironic that You refuse to lend someone your football pump to pump up their ball, then they secretly use your pump without you knowing and then you play with that same football that has been pumped up by your pump.
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Is it ironic that A Sportswriter for a local team writes a piece on how bad a player is and why fans shouldn't buy into what the media is saying about them, only for fans to defend the player and start buying into it more to spite the negativity of the writer.
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Is it ironic that That Gary Bettman was the man most responsible for getting NBA and NHL players to play in the Olympics and now wants to prevent NHL players from playing in future Olympics>.
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Is it ironic that The Designated Hitter goes 0 for 8 at the plate with 5 or 6 strikeouts, but deep in extra innings he has to be used as an emergency pitcher and does so effectively by pitching 2 scoreless innings and getting the win.
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Is it ironic that The St Louis Cardinals lost their last game (game 7) of the 2012 National Leauge Championship Series 0-9 but won the their last game (game 6) of the 2013 National Leauge Championship Series 9-0.
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Is it ironic that The #1 on my list for equipment failures for a bike trip happened.
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Is it ironic that Our dry ski slope is closed today...
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Is it ironic that A hockey game was canceled because of snow.
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Is it ironic that Someone with the last name "World Peace" gave someone a concussion after a basketball play?